Mason District Supervisor

Penelope A. "Penny" Gross
Mason District Supervisor

MASON DISTRICT GOVERNMENTAL CENTER

6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003

Penny Gross was first elected to the Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors for the Mason District in November 1995, and was re-elected
to her fifth term on November 8, 2011. Ms. Gross also is
vice-chair of the Board, and she chairs the Board’s Personnel Policy
and Reorganization Committee, and the Board’s Environment
Committee.

Regionally, Supervisor Gross represents Fairfax County on the Board of
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG),
which she chaired in 2009. She was elected chairman of the
Northern Virginia Regional Commission in June 2014. Supervisor
Gross represents Fairfax County on the INOVA Health System Board of
Trustees, and on the Potomac Watershed Roundtable, which she also
chairs.

On the state and national level, Supervisor Gross became President of
the Virginia Association of Counties in November 2014. She
currently is vice-chair of the National Association of Counties’
Energy, Environment, and Land Use Committee. She completed a
one-year term as President of the National Association of Regional
Councils Board of Directors in June 2014. Supervisor Gross was
appointed by Governor Mark Warner to the Local Government Advisory
Committee (LGAC) to the Chesapeake Executive Council, which she chaired
from March 2006 until August 2008, and continues to serve.

Prior to her tenure as Supervisor, Ms. Gross worked for 20 years as
staff in various congressional offices. She served on the Board
of the Lincolnia Park Civic Association (1985 to 1997), and on the
Executive Board of the Mason District Council of Civic Associations
(1988 to 1995). She has held numerous offices with PTA, and is an
Honorary Life Member of the Virginia State PTA.

A founding member of the Friends of Mason District Park, Ms. Gross
continues to be an active member and officer. She also is a
founding member and officer of the National Capital Chapter of the
University of Oregon Alumni Association. Supervisor Gross was
co-manager of Girl Scout Service Unit 52-4 for nine
years.